Thanks for coming back for part 2 of the Reclaimed Wood Table Tops build.  If you missed it, you can see Part 1 here, and I’ll also link the videos in this blog post.

In Part 1, I showed how I cut down and sized all the reclaimed wood and how I designed the modern geometric pattern for these table tops.  It’s an interesting process and if you missed it, you should check it out!  Here’s that video PART 1:

Here in Part 2 I’m trimming off excess wood and also making and attaching my own rustic edge banding.  I do it for both the round table tops and lazy susans as well as the square table tops.  Making the edge banding can be a little tricky depending on how thin you want your edge banding to be.  Yes, you can send it through the planer which is a great option, and that can work well for the edge banding for the square tables, but for the round tables it needs to be thin enough to bend and wrap around the circumference of the piece.  If you set your planer all the way down to the thinnest setting you’ll most likely munch the front end as you send it through.  In addition to that, the wood is so thin that it chatters a lot against the planer bed as the blades cut away the material, which can result in an uneven thickness.  Of course, you can always use some FastCap SpeedTape to secure the rustic wood to a piece of MDF or melamine but in my case I’d need a 5-6 foot long piece of sacrificial material (which I don’t have on hand), and it’s just a time eater to do it that way.  It’s much, much faster to just rip thin strips on my Laguna Fusion Table Saw, just watch those fingers!  Check out the following video to see the PART 2 of the Reclaimed Wood Table Top project:

Of course, PART 3 will be along soon and you know I’ll link it here as well.  You might also catch an early viewing if you follow me on Instagram.

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